Hummingbird (Seals and Crofts song)

1973 single by Seals and Crofts

"Hummingbird"

Single by Seals and Crofts
from the album  Summer Breeze
B-side| "Say"
Released| January 1973
Genre| Soft rock
Label| Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)| Jim Seals, Dash Crofts
Seals and Crofts singles chronology
| "Summer Breeze"
(1972)  | "Hummingbird"
(1973)  | "Diamond Girl"
(1973)

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"Hummingbird" is a song by American soft rock duo Seals and Crofts, released as a single in 1973. It was the second single from their fourth studio album, Summer Breeze, the follow-up to the LP's title track.

## Background

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The “hummingbird” in the song’s lyrics is a metaphor for Baha'u'llah, Prophet of the Baha'i Faith. The album version contains a prologue that is omitted from the shorter radio edit.

The song reached No. 20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] and number 15 on the Cash Box Top 100.[2] "Hummingbird" was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number 12 on the U.S. chart[3] and number three in Canada.[4]

Harvey Brooks played bass on this song and talks about it in this interview for No Treble.[5]

## Chart performance

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### Weekly charts

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| Chart (1973)  | Peak
position

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Canada RPM Top Singles  | 40
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[4] | 3
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[3] | 12
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[2] | 15
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] | 20

### Year-end charts

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| Chart (1973)  | Rank

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U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[6] | 145

## References

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1. ^ a b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 \- ISBN 0-89820-089-X
2. ^ a b "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 24, 1973". Archived from the original on June 9, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
3. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 214.
4. ^ a b Adult Contemporary playlist, April 28, 1973
5. ^ Johnson, Kevin (April 18, 2019). "Stories Behind the Songs: Harvey Brooks".
6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

## External links

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* Listen to "Hummingbird" on YouTube

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Seals and Crofts

* Jim Seals
* Dash Crofts

Studio albums|

* Seals & Crofts (1969)
* Down Home (1970)
* Year of Sunday (1971)
* Summer Breeze (1972)
* Diamond Girl (1973)
* Unborn Child (1974)
* I'll Play for You (1975)
* Get Closer (1976)
* Sudan Village (1976)
* One on One (soundtrack) (1977)
* Takin' It Easy (1978)
* The Longest Road (1980)

Compilation albums|

* Seals & Crofts I & II (1974)
* Greatest Hits (1975)
* Traces (2004)

Singles|

* "Summer Breeze"
* "Hummingbird"
* "Diamond Girl"
* "We May Never Pass This Way (Again)"
* "Get Closer"
* "You're the Love"

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